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BP Files First Trumbull County Well Applications
Monday, January 28, 2013YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The first three applications for test wells related to BP Energy's oil and gas exploration in Trumbull County show that the energy giant is assessing an area just east of Mosquito Lake before its drilling program begins in April, according to state records.
Brammer Engineering, a gas-and oil-services company based in Shreveport, La., has submitted three applications for test wells in Gustavus, Johnston and Kinsman townships, says data submitted to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
Johnson, Ryan Meet with BP Execs to Talk Shale
Saturday, January 26, 2013NORTH JACKSON, Ohio – BP America is optimistic about the Utica shale play's potential, but the energy giant is at least a year -- or two -- away from fully understanding the potential of the oil and gas leases the company holds here, says Tim Harrington, regional president for BP's North America gas.
"We're sort of on the second hole of an 18-hole kind of round," he remarked "We've secured a leasehold so over the next two years we'll be putting a few wells in the ground to understand the produce-abilty of that and what the resource base looks like.
Frackfree America to Rally as Reps Urge LNG Exports
Friday, January 25, 2013YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – A Youngstown State University geology instructor is calling on city residents to turn out Saturday for a rally and seeking support for a petition urging local control over oil and gas drilling, even as two area congressman call for stepping up exports of liquified natural gas (LNG).
Texas Company Brings Frack Sand to Columbiana
Thursday, January 24, 2013COLUMBIANA, Ohio -- Two tanker trucks arrive at the Buckeye Transfer Realty property for their haul: some 23 tons each of white frac sand, or proppants, used for hydraulic fracturing. After just 15 minutes, the first truck is already en route to deliver its load to a nearby well in the Utica Shale.
This is the latest venture for Buckeye Transfer, managing the transloading operations for Santrol, a Sugar Land, Texas-based producer of proppant materials for the oil and gas industries. Santrol’s parent company, Fairmount Minerals, is based in Chardon, Ohio.